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Let me be straight with you: Google’s Made by Google event today was basically what happens when a tech company decides to throw a…Continue reading on Medium »
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For AI models, knowing what to remember might be as important as knowing what to forget. Welcome to the era of “sleeptime compute.”
Gemini’s new Magic Cue feature allows chatbot to scan digital life and pull up relevant informationGoogle’s latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you to better photographer or become your personalised health and sleep coach.Shipping on the just-announced Pixel 10 Android phones, the new Magic Cue feature enables the...
Big hitters get their grand unveiling alongside some surprise announcements as gaming’s biggest event arrives in GermanyIf you are in Cologne this week, you will find the place overtaken by cheerful nerds, as Gamescom, the world’s biggest gaming event, descends upon the city once again. (I first went in 2009 – before that it used to be held in Leipzig, a city home to a famous absinthe bar; perhaps this is why my...
NASA and IBM have released a new open-source machine learning model to help scientists better understand and predict the physics and weather patterns of the sun. Surya, trained on over a decade’s worth of NASA solar data, should help give scientists an early warning when a dangerous solar flare is likely to hit Earth. Solar…
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance On a Sunday morning in a Midwestern megachurch, worshippers step through sliding glass doors into a bustling lobby—unaware they’ve just passed through a…
The 20-year-old series has been getting industry flak, with accusations of predatory monetisation and in-game bugs. But the latest instalment offers obvious bang for your buckIn early August, just days before a major Black Ops 7 preview event in Los Angeles, former Blizzard president and Microsoft executive Mike Ybarra called the Call of Duty franchise “lazy”. Posting on X, the veteran exec wrote that EA’s upcoming...
Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition?
Despite decades of green certifications, better material sourcing, and the use of more sustainable materials such as mass timber, the built environment is still responsible for a third of global emissions worldwide. According to a 2024 UN report, the building sector has fallen “significantly behind on progress” toward becoming more sustainable. Changing the way we…
Jenny Jiao Hsia’s award-winning coming-of-age tale is a charming look at a teen trying her best to stay on top of thingsIf you visited the V&A’s Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition in 2018, you may have played an interesting minigame collection, in which you fought wobbly physics to feed a girl named Jenny, using a Tetris-style board to achieve the perfect calorie amount, and then twisting her into pilates poses.Almost...
Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on PalestiniansDozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of Palestinians.Less than a week after the company said it was launching an...
How one clever automation turned into a mini business without me planning for itContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
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How lazy evaluation secretly made my code faster, cleaner, and way more scalableContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
Writing Smarter Loops: Why Generators Beat Lists Every TimeContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
How I finally stopped breaking my apps by understanding the real story behind async codeContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
US president was concerned over app’s Chinese ownership, but has softened after believing it won him 2024 electionThe White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale.“America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular...
Because sometimes the biggest bugs aren’t in the code, they’re in how you write itContinue reading on JavaScript in Plain English »
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The world of stock trading often feels like standing in the middle of a bustling bazaar—voices shouting, screens flashing, numbers…Continue reading on Medium »
The AI startup is chasing a $500 billion valuation, with backers betting it can become the next Apple or Google. There are reasons for skepticism.
Mark Rowley says technology will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and ‘does not perform in a way which exhibits bias’The Metropolitan police commissioner has hit back at demands to drop the use of live facial recognition cameras at this weekend’s Notting Hill carnival over concerns of racial bias and an impending legal challenge.Mark Rowley wrote in a letter that the instant face-matching technology would be used at Europe’s...
Would we tolerate anything else that got worse over time, not as a result of normal wear and tear but because the manufacturer suddenly decided it should?Read more petty gripesI was pulling out of our driveway one holiday, about to embark on an epic multi-hour trip, when I realised something was off. It wasn’t a major problem – no punctured tyre or busted door handle – simply that my maps app wouldn’t connect to my...
How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them.
Pop Mart, the Chinese company behind the Labubu franchise, has sold $670 million worth of related products this year—more than iconic US toy lines Barbie and Hot Wheels.
Palantir and others boast ‘bombastic’ growth, Microsoft helps monitoring of Palestinian phone lines, Meta faces backlash over child safetyHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, currently enjoying Shirley Jackson’s eerie final novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle.Russia restricts WhatsApp and Telegram, alleging apps used for fraud and terrorismCrypto mogul Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud...